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In front of the world, all of a sudden I'm a great athlete and I'm put into an environment with 25 other women and I'm expected to go to team meals, team functions.
Hope Solo
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Hope Solo
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: July 30
Association Football Player
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Hope Amelia Solo
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My father was never around. But I glorified my father, and I was always daddy's little girl. He was my first soccer coach.
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I never felt the same passion for the game in the States and there were a lot of headaches, a lot of obstacles to overcome - it didn't just run itself for the love of the game because soccer is not the No. 1 sport as it is in Europe.
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It's a complicated thing, knowing how much pain my father caused in my life and the lives of others whom I love, yet still holding love for him in my heart. No matter what he did, he was my father. He helped create the person I am.
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Growing up, I felt insecure about my build. I didn't feel very feminine. But as time went on, I learned to completely embrace my body.
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You know journalists. You know the media. They are going to hang on to anything negative they possibly can.
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I think people who don't have conflict in their lives are just trying to please people and not really living life to the fullest.
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On a global stage, I have respect in the goalkeeping world.
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It's all in fun. I take everything with a grain of salt.
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My entire purpose is trying to be the best in the game, and if that exudes beauty too, that's pretty powerful.
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I have no personal beef with Brandi Chastain. There's nothing personal.
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I don't need a captain's band to lead a team to victory.
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It's clear that women athletics are pretty far behind in every way. In terms of facilities, how much we make, everything.
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I put all of my energy into building the game and giving women opportunities and, to put everything into it and then to be deemed selfish or not a good team player or outspoken, it's been hard. But at the same time, I'm going to get the critics and I know that.
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I try to live my life one day at a time, and if I look too far in advance, I get really stressed.
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I like to read books and be alone I'm not social butterfly person.
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Everybody should be affected by their own realities in their own lives, their own struggles in their own lives. It makes us who we are, and we all know that.
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I think people have different definitions of team unity. My definition is doing whatever it takes to win, what makes a great team it's performance on the field, respect on the field.
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